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Maria Antoinette Rieger

Associate Professor

Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Academic discipline: L-LIN/14 Language and Translation - German

Research

1. Intercultural communication

2. Language and Literature in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts

3. Onomastic sciences

4. Dependency and valency in grammar



1. Intercultural communication: my research is focussing on the communication between Italians and Germans, a field where we can find to day only very few studies.

2. Language and Literature in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts

3. Onomastic sciences: my special interest is focussing on the perception of pseudo-italian brand names created for the German market and their perception by German consumers.

4. Dependency and valency in grammar: the modell of verbal valency is present in almost all scientific German grammars. Therefore, my prior interest is how to introduce Italian students of German to this modell in order to give them the notions necessary to an autonomous use of German grammars.